2 days ago · The festival, celebrated especially in the central Philippines, honours Datu Lapu-Lapu, the Filipino chieftain who famously defeated Spanish forces led by Ferdinand Magellan in the Battle of ...

2 days ago · A devastating incident occurred during Vancouver’s Lapu-Lapu Day street festival, a celebration of Filipino heritage on the evening of April 26, 2025. A 30-year-old man drove his vehicle into the crowd, resulting in the deaths of 11 individuals and injuries to several others.

1 day ago · MANILA, Philippines — An estimated thousands of people attended the Lapu-Lapu Day in Vancouver, Canada, on Sunday, April 27, when a car rammed through the festival grounds, killing at least 11 ...

12 hours ago · With over 172,000 people of Filipino descent in British Columbia as of 2021, Lapu-Lapu Day has become an important occasion for both reflection on Filipino heritage and a celebration of unity.

3 days ago · The annual Lapu Lapu Day festival is hosted by the local Filipino community to honor Datu Lapu-Lapu, the Indigenous leader who defeated Spanish forces in the Philippines in 1521.

2 days ago · Lapu-Lapu is hailed as the first Filipino hero, though very little is known about him. Read more at straitstimes.com. ... But the festival on April 26 was tragically cut short by a 30-year-old man ...

1 day ago · MANILA — Thousands of Filipinos in Vancouver were celebrating Lapu-Lapu Day on Saturday, marking a defining moment in Philippine history, when tragedy struck – a vehicle drove into the crowd killing multiple people and injuring others. READ: Car plows through Vancouver Filipino festival, killing at least 11 The festival, celebrated especially in the central Philippines, honors Datu Lapu ...

2 days ago · Lapu-Lapu Festival Tragedy Explained: Nine people were killed and more injured after a man drove a car through a crowd in Vancouver, Canada, on Saturday (April 26), amid celebrations of a Filipino community festival. The Vancouver police said the 30-year-old man has been arrested, and the “incident was not an act of terrorism”. ...

1 day ago · The flags outside Windsor's Filipino Community Centre are flying at half mast Monday following the horrific events that unfolded during Vancouver's Lapu Lapu Day Filipino festival.

23 hours ago · Kira was a victim in the Lapu Lapu festival tragedy. Chingi Helmich Richard Le, 47, Linh Hoang, 30 and Katie Le, five, all members of the same family , were killed in the tragedy.